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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Susan Marie Hennessey, Avondale, PA (US);
Julie Friend, Claymond, DE (US);
Richard T. Elander, Evergreen, CO (US);
Melvin P. Tucker, Iii, Lakewood, CO (US);
Susan Marie Hennessey, Avondale, PA (US);
Julie Friend, Claymond, DE (US);
Richard T. Elander, Evergreen, CO (US);
Melvin P. Tucker, III, Lakewood, CO (US);
Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC, Golden, CO (US);
E I du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for producing an improved pretreated biomass product for use in saccharification followed by fermentation to produce a target chemical that includes removal of saccharification and or fermentation inhibitors from the pretreated biomass product. Specifically, the pretreated biomass product derived from using the present method has fewer inhibitors of saccharification and/or fermentation without a loss in sugar content.